The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-01


ties. He, too, was troubled; but he must
put ON brave face for the girls sake.
Lifting purse. Come on"
And this was the end of the poor little
waits grand dinner. On the way to the
station house with an officer.
A curious crowd of street boys, news
paper vendors, bootblacks and the like
followed the policeman and his two little
prisoners to the station house.
His honor was taking dinner; would not
hold court today, and the two waits were
put into comfortable cell upstairs.
Rags cried herself to sleep, while Bot
ties, hero like. sat by her side upon the
cot and kept cheering her up by telling
her that it would be all right in the
morning.
! And down stairs, under lock and key,
the unlucky purse and ring were lying in
| the desk drawer.
ssNext.n
| The two waits, Bottles-and Rags, were
pushed forward until they stood in front
of the desk before his honor.
'sBless mel what's this? Little ones,
/ what are you doing herc9' asked the kind
! faced Judge, beaming down upon the pair,
/ through set of gold bowed glasses.
Bottles knew it was not proper for him
to speak, and Rags could not.
/ "Oficer, what is the charge against this
pair?" asked the judge Of the policeman
who had made the arrest.
Stealing purse, your honor"
"Ah! that is a serious charge"
"But, sir, It aint''-s;
''Never mind, my little man; your turn
will come. Let the party who made the
complaint stand forward
/ A tall man, clad in clerical garments,
with long drawn visage, stepped for
ward. The corners of his trap like
mouth were drawn down in a
most solemn expression. He clasped
his hands in front of him, and turned
his eyes upon the little waits, as though
even their presence was unholy to his
cloth.
''Your name?' uttered the Judge.
"Rey. Abraham Clearstarch.
Bottles could hardly hold in the litter,
which, notwithstanding the solemnity Of
the occasion, was ready to bubble from
his lips. o.
"You are minister, are you notS'
| The reverend gentlemen bowed.
"Mr. Clearstarch, you may state your
case in as few words as possible"
''Yes, sir. Day before yesterday after
noon, purchased a ring for my daughter
l put the ring into my purse, and walked
down to India wharf upon business.
! Upon returning to my hotel found that
my purse was gone. l retraced my steps;
but to no avail; / could not find my
purse. Yesterday afternoon ct dinner in
the hotel where / was stopping / saw
the ring upon the finger of this girl
l recognized the ring, and knew
at once that she must know of the
purse. left the dining room, found an
officer and had him make the arrest. The
girl picked my pocket"
"Sure of that, Mr.. ClearstarchP' asked
his honor.
s'She must have done so. ! certainly
could not have lost it," responded the
reverend gentleman.
'sWas the purse and ring found upon
the person of the culprit?" asked the judge
of the officer.
"The ring was upon the girls finger,
the purse in the boys pocket"
] bad case. Now, ms little man, tell
your story.
eff you please, sir, Pm only a boy,
rough and all that, sir. 1 swear sum-
times and-maybe you wouldn't believe
me. She'll tell you all bout it. You
see, she's only q little girl what hain't
got no friend in all the world but Bottles
Bottles is me, sir. Rags is her name
She never swears and-she never picked
his pockets. know that, cause I'm her
father, you see."
Bottles had found his tongue and he de-
livered the foregoing in q straightforward
way, which made the judge smile good
naturally.
"Now, Rags, tell it all. Don't he
feared. The gospel sharp can't hurt us, +"
whispered Bottles to the trembling girl by
his side.
With frequent Gobs and choking eXcla-
nations Rags told her story, which you
already know She also told how good
Bottles had been to her; how he had often
gone without anything to eat SO that she
should have food. In all, she gave faith
full picture of the peculiar life which
surrounded the pair. The judge was as
sured of her truth, and after she had
ceased, he said: ,..
"It's evident that the girl has told what
Is true Is there any one in the room ac-
quainted with the pair?' A sleek, fat,
jolly looking man stepped forward and
said:
81 know them, your honor. keep a
butcher shop down i'm South street. A
newsboy came and told me last night that
Bottles and Rags had been arrested. Your
honor, stand here to say, from the bot
tom of my heart, that know both Of
them to be honest, square and upright
They are unfortunate children of the
street who make an honest living.
hope your honor won't be hard ON the two
poor little kids"
''They arc both discharged. Mr.. Clear
starch, you will get your purse and ring of
the clerk. One thing more-you'l not find
the whole amount. The cashier of the Craw-
ford restaurant just sent me q note, tell
ing how the two little unfortunates en-
joyed their Thanksgiving dinner at~his
place yesterday Of course, having re-
covered your property, you will willingly
donate that dinner for charity's sake.
Next"
The Rev. Abraham Clearstarch got his
purse and ring, and went on his way.
And Bottles and Rags found in kindly
stranger who had been present n friend In
| whom philanthropy was largely devel-
oped. The pair are, this day of Thanks
giving, eating noble dinner at home in
one of our great western states.
At last the two waits, Bottles and Rags,
are safely harbored from the sterner blows
of poverty.-H. S. Keller in Commercial
Travellers Magazine.
CHICAGO, Nov. 21.-Col. Philip Da'
ter, an extensive ranch owner in Wyom
ing, who is at the Pacific, says that light
cattle in considerable numbers have been
shipped into Nebraska because they could
not fatten well on the ranges, but some
CRASHED cattle in Wyoming would weigh
1850 pounds each, and would bring 81
and 81 cents pound in Omaha. He adj
mitted that corn-fed cattle were getting
to be more common, but this fall the
weather had been good on the ranges, the
grass was excellent and better cured than
for years. Shipments had stopped, and
the outlook for feed this winter was good,
while the cattle looked out for them
selves.
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